herebeacen
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (literal) war-signal
- military ensign, standard
- (literal) fleet signal, beacon, lighthouse
Etymology
Compound from Old English here (army, host) + Old English bēacen.
Origin
Old English
bēacen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hereward English
- Herman English
- *Harjawaldaz Proto-Germanic
- Hereford Old English
- beacenfyr Old English
- beacenstan Old English
- bēacen Old English
- here Old English
- heregeatwa Old English
- heregrima Old English
- heretoga Old English
- hereweg Old English
- hlæw Old English
- hær Old English
- sciphere Old English
- unfriþhere Old English
- here Middle English
- *hari gmw-pro